Arena.im vs. Jekyll

It is well suited for situations where a chat solution can be embedded on a page. This instance requires minimal setup and allows you to add chat functionality to your site within minutes. I think it's less suited as an internal messaging tool- there are already other solutions like Slack that have cornered that market.

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Jekyll is great for people who aren't intimidated by editing HTML, CSS, and Markdown files, people who are on a shoestring budget, and people who want a blazing fast website. Jekyll may not be the best option for people who aren't interested in editing their websites in a text file and would rather have a WordPress-esque back-end from the beginning.

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• Easy to set up
• Easy to use
• Cost efficient

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• Content stored in Git with the website code
• Free to use
• Easy to deploy to cheap/free hosting solutions
• Produces super fast static websites

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• Offer a lower-priced subscription for smaller blogs and websites.
• Provide a clearer way to see how many impressions have been used on the account so far.

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• Complicated for non-technical users
• Can be difficult to enter in new content
• Implementing dynamic components can be challenging

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We did not evaluate any other products as Arena.im fit our needs from the start.

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Jekyll is integrated into GitHub Pages, which made it an easy choice. Using Jekyll was also easier as there's not really a server or a database to configure and you can just get things started from day one. Running and verifying content changes locally for developers is super efficient as Jekyll runs locally, too.

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• Allowed us to fulfill customer requirements
• Saves us from developing it ourselves (build vs buy)

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• Jekyll has kept our costs low, very low, on all the projects I've used on it. Think $10 a year low.

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